Ultrastructural study of thymic microenvironment involution in aging mice

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 489-506

  Nabarra, B ^a   Andrianarison, I ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

involution; mouse aging; thymus; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INVASION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030200703     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(95)02038-1     Document Type: Article

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